The civil aviation ministry and South Korea have signed a bilateral agreement, which allows Korean Airlines to operate two more flights to India.

The carrier will operate the flights to Mumbai and Delhi. Currently, Korean Airlines operates four flights to the country, two each to Delhi and Mumbai. 

South Korea extended the same flying rights to its Indian counterpart Air-India. However, the Indian carrier discontinued flights to South Korea a few years ago.

The next round of bilateral negotiations are likely to take place with Russia and Tajikistan.

The ministry is likely to consider a commercial agreement between Aeroflot of Russia and Air-India . The ministry recently concluded bilateral talks with Saudi Arabia.

The talks resulted in A-I acquiring 31 frequencies per week to Saudi Arabia, up from the current 24. Saudi Arabian airlines, Saudia has acquired rights to fly to Kochi.

The latest round of bilateral talks occurred after the ministry suspended all negotiations to draw up new guidelines for such agreements.

The civil aviation ministry held joint discussions with ministries of tourism and external affairs to chalk out the guidelines.'

The ministry is also planning to acquire third country code-sharing agreements with Cyprus and some south-east Asian countries.